The reason behind the delay, as frequent readers might guess, is the recently discovered exploit affecting Samsung's Exynos chips. The vulnerability could potentially allow an attacker to access and manipulate a device's memory through an Android app. That is why it is speculated that Samsung will take care of the issue first prior to giving the green light to the new software. Let's hope that the wait will be worth it.

The good thing is that 2013 is right around the corner, and since we've been anticipating the new software to arrive on Galaxy S II and Galaxy Note units for so long, a few more weeks of waiting probably won't hurt. In the meantime, you can always consider flashing a leaked ROM yourself, in case you're feeling adventurous.

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We'll wait. However, we thought we'd celebrate Christmas having jelly bean loaded in our devices. Alright, nothing wrong. So, I hope this conclusion would be the last one and no more postponing the release. Thanks.

I'm not surprised by this. One of the carriers in my country have already noted that the update was expected to come out next year, next month (when they started testing the update 2 weeks ago). So I was already well prepared for this.

I have the leaked version on my note and I have to say, it feels like a completely new phone. The only thing missing is the unboxing. It is just like the note II without the quad-core or air-view. It even has paper artist. You also get 50GB of free storage from dropbox and is, for the most part, much smoother than before. And that's just the leak!

Can u tell me how to update using Samsung Kies? Facing issues..What to install on PC first. Guide me the process step by step so that I dont get any error. while connecting to SGS2 with PC, the kies is searching for the device but cant find one. I installed the Samsung Usb driver & Kies. May be they should be done in an sequence. guide me plz. (send email on kabhijeet.16@gmail.com)...Thnx

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